Over 80 students from the Chervonohrad Children's and Youth Sports School No. 2 participated in the "Open Football Lessons" at the Sosnovytsya Stadium within the framework of a partnership social project by the Danish Refugee Council (Danish Refugee Council, DRC) and the All-Ukrainian Foundation "Protection of Children's Rights."

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The social and sports event began with the joint performance of the Ukrainian National Anthem and a blessing by a priest. Then, in six quadrants on the football field, qualified instructors Andriy Smolskyi, Volodymyr Hevko, Anastasiia Yanturina, Yuri Oliynik, and Yuri Havalko, under the guidance of coordinator Stepan Poniadii, deputy head, and executive director of the Lviv Football Association, as well as senior football coach Vasyl Havalok, organized various games and physical exercises for children and provided them with psychosocial support.

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During the fun and educational sessions, they simultaneously taught children about safe behavior in wartime conditions—minimizing risks from explosive items, mines, emergency situations, etc.

Children were given footballs; each of them also received an exclusive t-shirt, cap, diploma for the project, drawing kits, and tasted sweets with aromatic tea.

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The Lviv Football Association expresses gratitude to Yuri Dorosh, a stadium employee in Sosnovytsya, for excellent field preparation, Roman Zapysochko, director of the Sosnovytsya General Secondary School No. 7 I-III stages, and Oleksandr Voievod, director of Chervonohrad Children's and Youth Sports School No. 2, for their support in conducting this large-scale sports and psychosocial event.

We remind you that "Open Football Lessons" within the DRC project are taking place in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi regions. In Lviv region, they have already visited Mykolaiv and Busky this summer.